Arts Education Strategy
- Arizona Citizens/Action for the Arts believes that a strong arts education component in our K-12 schools makes an extraordinary contribution to individual student performance and overall educational excellence, and that a robust arts education curriculum will be the result of a committed collaboration between arts teachers and administrators, community leaders, parent organizations, businesses, local school board and statewide elected officials. Therefore, AzCA/AA will be a partner with arts education stakeholders to:
Strategic Objectives - Arts Education
- Work with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in a broadly-inclusive, community-based effort to increase ADE's understanding of the value and demand for arts education in Arizona.
- Work with arts ed stakeholders, including ADE, to collaboratively develop an evaluation system that holds arts educators accountable for student learning through a variety of evidence-based arts teaching methods specifically related to content and skills building.
- Monitor legislative developments with respect to education standards to insure that arts education is recognized and supported appropriately, and given a valued status in education-related legislation.
- Work with other arts educations stakeholders and the Arizona Department of Education to develop a framework for arts education assessment systems in K-12 schools. AzAA will encourage ADE to acknowledge districts with exemplary arts education programs to help foster opportunities for cross district collaborations and teacher professional development.
- In support of local control of school districts through local elected bodies and recognizing that parent support is the cornerstone to student success, AzAA will continue to develop partnerships with existing parent organizations to advocate for arts education for Arizona's students at the local level.
